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Name  -  Builder  -  Serial Number  -  Location  -  Piston Size  -  History

M    American Acme    1847            Monroe Township, PA

M    Button    1846    Morrisville, NY    To Shelburne Museum, Burlington VT.

M    Button    1860    546    Montgomery, NY    9 1/4"    1904 to Portland Oregon.

M    Button    1862            Montgomery, NY    9"

M    Button    Middletown, NY

M    Hunneman    1814    20    Montpelier, VT     To a New York museum in 1842.

M    Hunneman    1821    65    Monson, MA    Delivered to the cotton mill.

M    Hunneman    1839    182    Montreal, Canada
 
M    Hunneman    1842    205    Montpelier, VT    Believed sold to a New York museum.

M    Hunneman    1843    229    Montreal, Canada

M    Hunneman    1845    281    Montreal, Canada    6"

M    Hunneman    1850    397    Manilia, Phillipines    6"

M    E.B. Howland    1857        Milwaukee, WI                E.B Howland built 2 engines for Milwaukee in 1857, he was an Assistant Chief of MFD since the
                                                                                    1940s, listed in city directory as fire engine builder.

M    Hunneman    1836     171    Millbury, MA            See "EAGLE"

M    Rumsey                    Macedon, NY

M.A. Pickett    Hunneman    1866   679    Peabody, MA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Marblehead, MA; sold to Mr. Busby of Peabody, MA in 1903
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M.B. Little    Button    1862    561    Glen Falls, NY    9 3/4"

Macelpa #3    Hunneman    1844    245    Danbury, CT    5"    Delivered to Natick, MA, as "VICTOR #2"; sold to Danbury, CT. in 1857 and given current
                                                                                            name.

Machias #1    Hunneman    1835    162    Machias, ME    4 1/2"    Delivered to Boston, MA as "LYMAN #5", renamed to "HANCOCK #10" in 1849;
                                                                                                  renamed "MAZEPPA" #1" in 1854; now at Machias, ME with current name.

Madison    Rumsey    1880    Madison, NE    4"    At a county museum.

Madison #2    Jeffers    1857    Madison, WI    9"

Madison #2    Button                Madison, WI

Madison #3    Button Madison, WI

Magonko    Hunneman?    Ashland, MA    Delivered to Hopkinton, MA; to Ashland, MA when it annexed from Hopkinton.

Mahan    Button    1855    378    Palmer Township, PA.    9"    Delivered to North Reading, MA; rebuilt by Flanagan & Enos, Co. Peabody, MA in 1892;
                                                                                                   to Mystic, CT in 1965; to Southboro, MA VFA in 1968; to Plamer Township, PA in
                                                                                                     1973.

Major    Smith    Waltham, MA    10"

Major Morgan     Waterman    8 1/2"

Major Morgan    Button        Palmer, MA        10"        To Harrisonburg, VA   ; to Palmer, MA in 1908 and given current name.

Makawomac    Button    1858    Rome, NY    9 1/4"

Malone #1    Hunneman    1852    463    Malone, NY    5 1/2"

Manchester #1    Hunneman    1872    721    Manchester, NH    5 1/2"    Scrapped in 1942.

Manchester #6    Hunneman    1850    384    Rowley, MA    6"    Delivered to Manchester, NH; sold in 1860 to Bradford. VT; sold to a private party in
                                                                                               Rowley, MA; acquired by Franklin Reed; scrapped.

Manhan    Button    1858    East Hampton, MA    9"    Sold to Bradford, VT in 1860; to Rowley, MA in 1905; later acquired in poor condition by Franklin
                                                                                   Reed.

Manhan     Button    Salem, MA    9"

Manhatta #43    Smith    1853    New York, NY    8"

Manhattan #2    Cowing    1860    San Francisco, CA    6"

Mankeag #4    Thayer    Salem, MA    6 1/2"

Mankiller    Van Ness    1840    Cherry Valley, NY    10"

Mankiller    Waterman     1840s    New York, NY    9 1/2"

Mapocho #1    Hunneman    1873    730    Santiago, Chile    5 1/2"    According to the declarations of the Directors of the 1st Company of Santiago which
                                                                                                     was formed 2 /10/1862. "This engine was never received and it is unknown what
                                                                                                      happened to this pumper in Chile"

Marion    Jeffers    1858    Indianapolis, IN    10"

Marion Engine Co.    Hunneman    1840    187    Charlestown, SC    5 1/2"

Marion Fire Co.    Hunneman    1851    434    Charlestown, SC    5 1/2"

Marlborough #5    Thayer    1798    Boston, MA    5"

Marshall #1    Button    Marshall, MI    10"

Marshunaug    Auburn, RI

Mary Jane    Rumsey    1899    Belchertown, MA    4"

Mascoma    Howard & Davis    1850    Lebanon, NH    5 1/2"

Mascoma #`1    Howard & Davis    1850    Lebanon, NH    5 1/2"

Mashapaug    Wright    1850s    Auburn, RI    10

Massabesic #4    Thayer    1844    Manchester, NH    Traded to Hunneman.

Massasoit    Hunneman    1850    400    Damariscotta, ME    5 1/2'    Delivered to Damariscotta, ME as "VOLUNTEER #1"; given current name in 1876;
                                                                                                       was at Lincoln County Fire Museum, Wiscasset, ME; now at the Damariscotta, ME
                                                                                                        fire station.

Mattabesett #1    Hunneman    1855    559    Middletown, CT    6"

Mattapoisett #2    Hunneman    1855    539    Rochester, MA    5 1/2"    Sold in 1927; scrapped.

Maverick #11    Thayer    1837    Boston, MA    Rebuilt by Hunneman in 1845; sold in 1847
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Maverick #9    Hunneman    1824    92    Boston, MA    Delivered to Boston, MA as "ENDEAVOR #4"; in 1846 renamed "MAVERICK #11"; in 1852
                                                                                   renumbered to "#9'.

Mayfield #1    Bennett    1895    Mayfield, NY    Rotary gear engine.

Mayflower    Cowing    Detroit, MI    10"

Mayflower #4    Button    North Bridgewater, MA    10"

Mayflower #4    Jeffers    Detroit, MI    10"

Mayfower    Levi Taylor    Nassau County, NY    At the Division of Museum Services.

Mayor Brannon    Hunneman    1856    578    San Francisco, CA    8 1/4"    This engine was purchased for $12,000 and was all silver plated, the cost of
                                                                                                                which was paid for by Sam Brannon and engine was hauled over land by a
                                                                                                                 mule team.
 
Mazeppa    Howard & Davis    1847    Wiscasset, ME    Delivered to Lowell MA; renamed "PHOENIX" in 1860, was at Lincoln County Fire Museum,
                                                                                     Wisscasset, ME under current name.

Mazeppa    Jeffers    New Bedford, MA
 
Mazeppa #1    Hunneman    1855    553    East Machias, ME    5 11/16"    Delivered to Boston, MA; to East Machias, ME 1942.

Mazeppa #10    Hunneman    1854    517    Acushnet, MA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Lowell, MA; sold to Provincetown, MA renumbered "#3"; later to
                                                                                                      Acushnet, MA; scrapped.

Mazeppa #10    Thayer    1840    Lowell, MA    6 1/2"    Sold to Acushnet, MA.

Mazeppa #17    Thayer    1829    Boston, MA    6 3/4"

Mazeppa #3    Hunneman    1851    421    Fitchburg, MA    6 1/4"    Sold to Walpole, NH in 1869.

Mazeppa #4    Brattleboro, VT

Mazeppa #7    Button    1873    Fall River, MA    10"    Delivered to Providence,RI; to Fall River, MA renamed "MASSASOIT"; later given current name.

Mclean    Hunneman    1858    624    Bloomington, IL    5 1/2"

Mechanic                    1844                Cincinnati, OH        operated by Fulton FC #6; company later renamed Eastern #6

Mechanic    Jeffers    1853    Newton, MA    9"

Mechanic    Jeffers    1853    Warren, RI    9"

Mechanic    Jeffers    1857    Mobile, AL    10"

Mechanic #1    Howard & Davis    Gloucester, MA    6"

Mechanic #2    Howard & Davis    Holyoke, MA

Mechanic #2    Hunneman    1857    594    Atlanta, GA    6"     Destroyed 11/16/1864 during Federal Occupation.

Mechanic #2    Hunneman    1860    654    Honolulu, HI    8"    Engine was scrapped in 1940.

Mechanic #2                                     Raleigh, NC                    Engine failed and was abandoned; possibly purchased in 1871

Mechanic #6    1821    New Bedford, MA    Originally named "CATARACT #6"; name later changed to current.

Mechanical Engine Co.    Hunneman     1819    60    Washington, DC

Medfield #1    Hunneman    1853    480    Medfield, MA    Destroyed in the Great Fire of Medfield, MA. in 1874.

Medfield #1    Hunneman    1874    736    Medfield, MA    To SPNEA in 1942; returned to Medfield, MA in late 1989; still there.

Medomak #1    Hunneman    1830    129    Wiscasset, ME    5"    Delivered to Danvers, MA as "TORRENT #3"; 1855 renamed "GEN FOSTER"; sold in
                                                                                                 1875 to Waldoboro, ME and renamed current name; was at Lincoln County Fire
                                                                                                  Museum, Wiscasset, ME; now at Waldoboro, ME Historical Society.

Megunticook                                            Ashland, MA                      was there in 1855            

Melvill #6    Hunneman    1832    144    Boston, MA    Originally numbered "#13"; renumbered to "#6" in 1852; replaced by steamer Eclipse in 1858.

Mendola    Smith    Madison, WI

Mendota    Jeffers    1857        Madison, WI

Mercer    Jeffers    Northampton, MA    9"    Delivered to Princeton College as"W.A. BAILEY"; to New Hampshire 1908.

Merchants Fire Co. #4    Hunneman    1858    625    Mobile, AL   . 6"    Engine sold in 1888.

Merrimac #4    Howard & Davis    1852    Elmer, NJ    5 1/2"    Delivered to No. Andover, MA; sold to Kress & Sons, Lawrence, MA; later to Maine; to
                                                                                             Elmer, New Jersey.

Merrimac #4    Thayer    1829    Lowell, MA    5"

Merrimack #1    Hunneman    1840    190    Bennington, NH    Delivered to Manchester, NH; sold to Bennington, NH in 1862; still there.

Merrimack #3    Hunneman    1850    416    Concord, NH    5 1/2"

Merrimack #4    Hunneman    1848    338    Newmarket, NH    6 3/4"    Delivered to Lowell, MA; to Wakefield, MA; to Newburyport, MA in 1978;
                                                                                                       to V. Jarosz of Newmarket, NH; now on display at Haverhill, MA Fire Museum.

Merwinsville    Douglas      Merwinsville, CT            2 man Douglas pump mounted on wagon with ladders,probably put together earty 20th or late 19th
                                                                            century; sold at auction 4/14/2005 for $2800

Metamora    Ludlum    Goshen, NY    Originally a NYC engine; sold to Goshen, NY around 1845, in service till 1855.

Metropolitan    Hunneman    1846    297    Savannah, GA    6 1/2"    Sold in 1866 as partial payment for a steam engine.

Mexico #1    Cowing    1861    Mexico, NY    Still in Mexico, NY.

Mexico #1    Hunneman    1854    516    Mexico City, Mexico    5"    Engine was delivered to Compania de Atemajac.

Middlesex #3    Hunneman    1826    119   Lowell, MA    Delivered to Lowell, MA; to Franklin Reed renamed "ALERT #1"; partially restored by him;
                                                                                            to David Hoffman Chester, NH in 1991.

Milford #1    Hunneman    1841    201    Manchester, NH    Delivered to Waltham, MA as "NEPTUNE #3"; sold to Milford, NH and given current name;
                                                                                              later to J.D. Filleul of Manchester, NH.

Milford #1    Thayer    1820    Milford, ME    Owned by Franklin Reed of S. Weymouth, MA in 1958.

Milledgeville #2    Cowing    1860    Milledgeville, GA

Milledgeville #4    Cowing    1860    Milledgeville, GA

Milwaukee    Smith    Milwaukee, WI    8 1/2"

Milwaukee #1    Hunneman    1845    266    Milwaukee, WI    6"    Engine broke down at a fire in Jan.1854, repaired and broke down again Feb. 1854;
                                                                                                          broke down again at a fire Aug. of 1854; then scrapped.

Milwaukee #1    Van Ness    Milwaukee, WI    As of 2000, still there.

Milwaukee #36    Button

Minehaha    Sag Harbor, NY

Minnehaha   Hunneman    1836    168    Wiscasset, ME    5 1/2"    Delivered to the Charlestown, MA Navy Yard; sold to Boothbay Harbor, ME and given
                                                                                                  current name; was at Lincoln County Fire Museum, Wiscasset, ME; now at Boothbay
                                                                                                  Harbor Fire Station.

Mississippi    Hunneman    1843    220    New Orleans, LA    5 1/2"

Mississippi #1    Hunneman    1851    437    Memphis, TN    6"    Delivered to the Navy Yard.

Missouri #1    Hunneman    1847    329    Lexington, MO    6"    Still there.

Mohawk    Button    Atlanta, GA

Mohawk #1    Hunneman    1841    200    Colebrook, NH    5 1/2"    Delivered to Watertown, MA as "RELIEF #2"; traded to Hunneman and rebuilt;
                                                                                                            sold 3/9/1881 to Colebrook, NH and given current name.

Mohawk #16    Jeffers    1859    New York, NY    8 1/2"                 Delivered as "ADRIATIC #31"; nmed changed to  "MOHAWK #16" in 1862   

Mohawk #16    New York, NY

Mohawk #2    Button    1851    Cohoes, N.Y.    Originally named "PARMALEE ENGINE #2", cost $600.

Mohawk #2    Button    1853    Cohoes, NY   10"     also served as "Gen. Schuyler of Schuylerville, NY

Mohawk Chief             1850    Cincinnati, OH          operated by Mohawk FC #12

Monatiquat    Button    1855    South Braintree, MA    10"    Delivered to Ellsworth, ME as "UNION #2"; to Waltham, MA in 1891 renamed "WATCH
                                                                                         CITY"; loaned to E. Boston, MA in 1914 and renamed "NOODLE ISLAND"; to South
                                                                                         Braintree, MA in 1917 and given current name; destroyed in 1931.

Monitar    Pawtucket, RI

Monitor    Button    184    Orono, ME    10"    Delivered to Bangor as "ARMORY #4"; to Indian Orchard, MA 1908 and given current name.

Monitor #1    Hunneman    1842    211    South Wolfeboro, NH    5 1/2"    Delivered to Newton, MA as "WEST NEWTON #3"; renamed "TRITON #3" in
                                                                                                            1859; sold to Mr. Charles Cole in 1874; sold to Hunneman in 1877; Oct. 1877
                                                                                                             purchased by S. Wolfeboro, NH and given current name; still there.

Monkonko #2    Jeffers    Ashland, MA

Montpelier #4    Button    1860    Montperlier, VT    10"            delivered 2/16/1860

Monson    Holland    1815    Monson, MA

Monumetal    Torboss    1856    Columbia, CA    10"

Moshassuck #2    Button    1854    New Britain, CT    9 9 15/16"    Delivered to Providence, RI; to New Britain, CT.

Mound Fire Co. #9    Agnew    1848    St. Louis, MO

Mountainer #5    Button    Albany, N.Y.

Mt. Crochet    Hunneman    1850    383    Francistown, NH    4 1/2"    Delivered to Ellsworth, ME as "ELLSWORTH #1"; traded to Hunneman for H#561;
                                                                                                      sold to Baldwinville, MA in 1856; sold to Francistown, NH and given current name.

Multnomah #2    Hunneman    1857    592    Portland, OR    7 1/2"

Municipal Council    Hunneman    1864    669   Shanghi, China    6"

Muskoka Belle    Hunneman    1856    563    Gravehurst, Ontario, Canada    6 1/2"    Delivered to Toronto, Canada as "DELUGE #5"; sold to Bruebridge,
                                                                                                                             Ontario and given current name. At Ontario Fire College,
                                                                                                                             Graverhurst, Ontario, Canada.

Mutual    Button    Marysville, CA.

Mutual    Torboss    Elmira, NY.
 
Mutual #1    Douglas    1851    Stratford, Ct    Pump manufactured by W & B Douglas Co of Middletown, CT Currently on display at CFHS.

Mutual #51    Torboss    New York, NY

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